The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-21
MODEL I
KILLED BY PINKERTON MEN.
A Shower of Stones and SnOW-Balls
Meets a Response from Revolyers,
And an UnoHfending Sixteen-Year-0ld Boy Is
Killed-Knights of Labor Tackle the Gov
ernment-0ther Items of Labor News.

JERSEY CITY, n j., Jan. 20-At about 5
o'clock this afternoon, while party of boys was
playing in an open lot adjoining the yards of the
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Company fracas occurred between the boys
and Pinkerton's men, and Thomas Hogan, six
teen yesrs old, looker-on, was shot and killed
by one of Pinkerton's men. The boys were jeer-
ing the Pinkerton men, who were stationed in
the companys yards to protect property. Occa
sicnally they rained shower Of snow balls and
other missiles upon the men. Near by a crowd
of strikers and their sympathizers were
assembled, and lent encouragement to the boys
At length the leader of the Pinkerton men
stepped forward aud ordered the boys to stop
throwing ct them. The boys did not obey and
almost Immediately three sharp cracks of re-
volver rang out, and Hogan fell dead. The ex-
eitement was intense and the lockers on fled in
every direction. The leader of the strikers as
soon as he could get his men together,
ordered them back to their headquarters
In anticipation Of an attack, the Pinkerton men
were at once drawn up in battle array. The
Jersey City police reserve. stationed at the
yards, hurried to the scene An ambulance was
summoned and the body of the dead boy was re-
moved to the morgue. Hogan was not one of the
party of boys throwing missiles at the men, but
stood on tho opposite side of the street.
Inspector Lange Immediately collected mum :
her of witnesses OF the shooting and marched
the Pinkerton men out in line. He then ordered
the witnesses to identify the who shot.
They at once selected Pat Sheedy, Daniel Cahal
and Samuel A. Neff from the line and identified
them as the three men who fired at the boys
The inspector examined their revolvers and
found every chamber loaded The men were
taken to police headquarters and held.
About o'clock tonight the police arrested
Murphy Moriarity, one of Pnkerton's men, as
another of the shooters. One of his eyes was
horribly discolored and swollen where be had
been struck with SNOWFALL Another Of Pink.
erton's men had a tooth knocked out. The bail
that struck Hogan pierced his brain directly
The Lehieh Valley Company did not begin
work this morning as was expected. The com
pany has sworn in $50 special depu-
ty sherifs, and will resume work as soon as new
men can be cot together. Mayor Cleveland has
objected to the presence of the Pinker-
ton men at the yards, saying that
the regular, police could prevent any any
police board to revoke the police authority OF
the Pinkertons The board held protracted
session to-day, and finally decided not to com
ply with the Mayors request. What effect the
killing Of the boy Hogan, tonight will have. is
not known
The strikers gathered In force around the city
prison. and, to provide against any contingency,
the four prisoners were taken out, one at a time,
and, unobserved conveyed to another station
house.
1t is reported that two Pipkerton special Of
. fcers boarded westbound express train on the
y Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroad i'm
mediately after the shooting occurred.
New York, Jan. 20-The coal handlers strik.
was in part transferred to this side Of the river
to-day Under orders from the Knights Of La
bor consigness found the utmost difficulty il
getting coal ,nloaded from boats at the New
York docks, and two outgoing 0cear
steamers met With the same difficulty.